the invasion of the boat people could easily be stopped with out a shot being fired....all the government has to do is cut off welfare/subsidised housing, free medical and all other freebies we don't know about
and do not allow them to form their own ghettos, no burqa's,no mosques, english only language, christian only religion ...and then see how many of them would want to come here = no more boats

What was the "distress"? I'm willing to bet it's because their leaky boat was going too slow so they wanted the Navy to come pick them up in their hi-tech, faster, boats, so they didn't have to wait any more.

Also, these 'economic migrants' are from Sri Lanka? According to the Left, these people are escaping 'War'. What 'war' is Sri Lanka currently involved in that encourages these 'refugees' and 'asylum seekers'?

What was the "distress"? I'm willing to bet it's because their leaky boat was going too slow so they wanted the Navy to come pick them up in their hi-tech, faster, boats, so they didn't have to wait any more.

Also, these 'economic migrants' are from Sri Lanka? According to the Left, these people are escaping 'War'. What 'war' is Sri Lanka currently involved in that encourages these 'refugees' and 'asylum seekers'?

None. They're most likely criminals fleeing. And you were spot on, Nordic. Read the below:

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NAVY officers say they will disobey orders to force asylum seeker boats back to Indonesia. Navy ships were last night on their way to yet another boat that called for help. Two Australian ships and a Customs plane were yesterday mobilised after a passenger aboard a boat carrying about 85 people phoned Australia's maritime rescue centre several times. Two merchant ships raced to the scene about 80km off the West Java coast as a surveillance plane was sent to fly overhead. Customs said the flight revealed "no visible signs of distress" as two navy ships sailed to take a closer look.

AN asylum seeker boat that made a distress call en route to Australia does not appear to be in trouble. The boat carrying an estimated 85 people called the Australian Maritime Safety Authority this morning to ask for help, and a search and rescue operation began. Two commercial vessels have since arrived on the scene about 80km south of West Java and an Australian surveillance aircraft says the vessel shows no visible signs of distress.

So here we go -- not only does the Aussie taxpayer have to fund the new lives of these invaders and future inmates, but now hundreds of thousands must be spent on planes and boats answering bogus distress calls. The Labor/Greens socialist alliance has brought us up to where Europe sits currently in the invasion stakes. You'll soon be experiencing what Swedes go through -- being removed from housing so that asylum seekers may be accomodated.

TAXPAYERS fork out up to $1 million to rescue people smuggling boats that issue distress calls off Indonesia.
Three boats have been "rescued" within 100km of the coast of Java in the past few weeks.
If an emergency is declared by a vessel near Java and a navy patrol boat is dispatched from Christmas Island to conduct the rescue, the cost is about $40,000 a day at sea for the two-day job.

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Since the last election in June 2010, a total of 210 boats have arrived carrying 13, 825 people.

You'll soon be experiencing what Swedes go through -- being removed from housing so that asylum seekers may be accomodated.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Asylum Seekers being housed in Motels and other housing angers most Australian's as it is, especially when it is at the expense of our own. If they started removing people (White) from housing in order to house these economic migrants, the racial tension here will almost be at critical mass, if it isn't there already. I can't see the average Aussie remaining silent and docile for much longer.
I'm really interested to see what the next 5 years brings.

Naval officers say they won't obey orders to turn back the boats!WTF! That equates to mutiny! Find these 'officers' and have them thrown out of the service. I was in the Army for the fist half of my life and i would never of disobeyed an order no matter what! This just gose to show how weak as a nation we have become. The government needs to hold a referendum on these freeloaders, lets go to the polls and see!!!